Monday, March 12, 2018
1:30 PM
GENERAL SESSION
Session #1
Driving Consistent Performance Excellence
Dr. Amber Selking, Selking Performance Group
From
the manufacturing floor to the football field, delivering consistent performance excellence
is critical to team success. Through her experiences working in manufacturing for SPX
Corporation and as the mental performance consultant for the University of Notre Dame
football team, Dr. Amber Selking will share insights from the field of human performance
psychology that will help you deliver your best on a more consistent basis. The mind is an
often untapped and unrealized source of energy, efficiency, and effectiveness. This keynote
will lead you to discover the power of your mind and share strategies to help you deliver
your absolute best, consistently.
2:45 - 4:15 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS (select one)
Session #2
Top 10 Fundamentals of a Powder Coating Operation
Bill Owens
Akzo Nobel
Coatings
Jeff Hale
Gema USA Inc.
The session will highlight the top 10 issues a powder coater needs to
understand when they start powder coating. While these are not the only
issues you will encounter, your proactive approach to these top 10 will not
only save you some headaches, but also time and money. Master your
understanding of each of these basic critical issues and you’re well on your
way to a quality powder coated finish.
Session #3
Raising the Quality Bar
Rick Gehman
Keystone Koating
Rich Saddler
Industrial Finishing Solutions,
LLC
What does quality powder coating look like? In a red ocean of steep
competition, what does a job shop powder coater have to do to accomplish a
job with a quality finish? It is easy for us to do the minimum required and
look in the rear-view mirror at our "competition" who undercut us on both
price and quality and complain about them. Or we could look to the future
and at our own process and continually raise the standards for ourselves,
ensuring the industry moves forward. How do we raise our standards? What
tools do we use and what areas do we focus on? How do we communicate to our
customers and the industry that we have the processes and standards in place
to meet their high expectations? What does that look like for all job shop
coaters, big and small? You’ll learn the answers to these questions during
this informative session.
Session #4
Determining True Applied Cost
Michael Withers
Axalta Coating
Systems
Many applicators may not understand what it truly costs them to powder coat
their parts. This session will go in-depth to discuss exactly how to
calculate all the true applied costs. We will also cover the ways in which
you can control these costs.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
8:45 AM
GENERAL SESSION
Session #5
Responsibilities and Liabilities for Powder Coaters
Michael Cravens, IKON Powder Coating, Inc. & Powder Finishing
Consultants
The
basic principles of doing business in today’s litigious business climate have become a key
element in a company’s ability to survive. Common business practices of the world’s changing
economy are driving medium and small companies to reconsider how they conduct business. The
days of the hand shake deal and unconditional loyalty of the customer may be gone forever.
This session outlines the purpose and objectives for establishing a proactive approach for
the development of a complete “engineered finishing system” for the process of powder
coating metal components and structures that are fabricated to last. Because it’s more than
just COLOR! A panel discussion will conclude the session.
10:00 – 11:30 AM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS (select one)
Session #6
Building a Business Case and Planning for a New Finishing
System Installation
Nick Liberto
Powder Coating Consultants
Eddie Koehler and Jorge Martinez
JR Custom Metal
Products
It is critical to plan and design for the best finish that addresses the required
performance needed for corrosion protection, durability, weatherability, etc.
This session will help you to better understand your costs and assist you in
moving forward with a thorough feasibility study. Eddie and Jorge will relay the
research steps they took to plan for a new powder coating system, what they
learned along the way, questions you should be asking throughout the process and
what they know now after one year of operation.
Session #7
Optimizing Your Batch Powder Coating Operations
Suresh Patel
Chemetall US, Inc., now part of BASF Corp.
John Cole
Parker Ionics
John
Sudges
Midwest Finishing Systems, Inc.
As with most “processes” there are many well-known and easily identified areas
where optimization can translate to cost efficiencies. This presentation will
discuss optimization opportunities related to cleaning/pretreatment, powder
application and booths, ovens (dry-off and cure) and material handling options
for batch operations. Attendees will go home with many specific hints and things
to look at in their own operations that can equate to cost savings and their
bottom line.
Session #8
Minding Your Business
Joel Watts
Alabama Power Co.
Frank Mohar
Nordson Corp.
Andrew McBride
Marlin National Accounts Finance Group
Taking care of your overall business is as important as taking care of your
powder coating operations. They go hand-in-hand. In a never before offered
session, we’ll review the following important aspects of minding your business:
- Grants & Incentives for Business
- Keeping Skilled Workers
- Determining the Right Time for Equipment Replacement
- Lease vs. Buy Equipment
1:30 – 3:00 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS (select one)
Session #9
Safety: It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
Marty Korecky
Akzo Nobel Coatings
Mike
Thies
Gema USA Inc.
Sergio Mancini
BCI
Surface Technologies
Over the past year, PCI has received many safety and regulations related
questions. We have taken your most asked safety questions and put together a
panel of experts to address those. This segment will provide a presentation
discussing the topics of your concerns. Our panelists will save time at the end
for any new questions you may have regarding safety and regulations.
Session #10
Architectural Powder Coatings
Mike Withers
Axalta Coating Systems
This session will focus on powder coatings specifically designed to meet the
rigorous specifications of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association
(AMMA). We will discuss the AAMA 2603, 2604 and 2605 specifications and their
requirements. We will also review the Qualicoat specification and how it
compares to AAMA. The presenters provide prospective from both powder
manufacturing and job coating shop ownership.
3:15 – 4:45 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS (select one)
Session #11
Roundtable for Applicators
Sharing your knowledge with others is one of the highlights of any PCI technical
conference. This year we’ll be holding roundtable discussions that will include
these topics...
- Approaching management for new equipment needs
- Application tips – Have you thought about...
- Powder disposal
Session #12
Creating a Comprehensive Finishing Specification
Michael Cravens
IKON Powder Coating, Inc. & Powder Finishing
Consultants
So many companies outsource their finishing work and do not have a formal written
finishing specification. This leaves all quality accept/reject criteria open to
subjective opinion. Let’s review the best approach to generating a comprehensive
specification and why it is so important.
Session #13
Pretreatment: Understanding Your Options
David Schimpff
DuBois Chemicals
Choosing the best pretreatment to ensure the performance that customers require,
while protecting the environment and also considering costs can be a real
challenge. Are there situations where iron phosphate still reigns? Should I be
looking at the newer technology and will it solve some of my problems? This
session will address these issues and more.
5:30 – 9:00 PM
SPEEDWAY INDOOR KARTING & DINNER
Note: The Speedway Indoor Karting & Dinner is included ONLY with the Full Conference registration.
Here’s your chance test your driving skills like Indy car champs when we spend a
fun evening at Speedway Indoor Karting. You won’t be going nearly as fast as the
pros, but this fun event will find which of our Powder Coating 2018 Technical
Conference attendees will be crowned the winner and earn bragging rights! A
dinner and beverages will be included along with the facility’s game room. This
will be a great evening to connect with others in the powder coating industry.
Transportation will be included, and this event is included in the Full
Technical Conference registration fee.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
8:30 - 11:00 AM
GENERAL SESSION
Session #14
The Robots are Coming, IIoT, and Advanced Automation
Matt Kirchner, LAB Midwest LLC
The fourth industrial revolution is upon us and powder coating will never be the same.
Finishing robots that communicate with the cloud, order their own replacement parts and
repair themselves. Automatic analytics that improve finishing processes with no help from a
human being. Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Neural Networks. Even if
you’re not thinking on this level yet – your competition might be. In this entertaining and
provoking presentation, Matt Kirchner, who has invested much of the last 18 months studying
Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things – will share what’s on the horizon for
manufacturers and powder coaters alike.
Session #15
Troubleshooting Your Powder Coating Operation
Joe Glassco, Wagner Industrial Solutions
Ron Cudzilo, George Koch Sons, LLC
Ken Kaluzny, Coral Chemical Co.
Marty Korecky, AkzoNobel Powder Coatings
Every powder coating operation runs into problems now and then. How you learn to solve those
challenges when they arise is what’s important. In our final session, we’ll explore a
variety of troubleshooting exercises that will teach you how to identify problems, determine
what caused them, steps to solve them and ultimately prevent them from happening again. This
interactive session will include industry experts and audience participation!
1:00 – 5:00 PM
POWDER COATING 101: Basic Essentials Workshop
Ready to dig deeper into understanding the basic essentials of a powder coating operation?
Then PCI POWDER COATING 101 Workshop is for you! The workshop focuses on materials,
application, reclamation, testing and evaluation, quality control, the manufacturing process
and much more. If you are new to powder coating or considering a switch to powder, this
Workshop is a must!
5:00 – 6:00 PM
POWDER COATING 101: Reception
A networking reception will be held on Wednesday evening.
Register for the Full Technical Conference and receive $100 off your Powder Coating 101 Workshop registration!
Thursday, March 15 2018
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
POWDER COATING 101: Basic Essentials Workshop & Reception
Ready to dig deeper into understanding the basic essentials of a powder coating operation?
Then PCI POWDER COATING 101 Workshop is for you! The workshop focuses on materials,
application, reclamation, testing and evaluation, quality control, the manufacturing process
and much more. If you are new to powder coating or considering a switch to powder, this
Workshop is a must! A networking reception will be held on Wednesday evening. Register for the Full Technical Conference and receive $100 off your Powder Coating 101 Workshop registration!
